The Great Fence

Tree change in Murch.

Main topic of conversation 

These days

Goats and geese 

The neighbour's ones 

That is to say

In the garden and orchard

The magnificent if malevolent

Billy goat is their leader

Doing untold damage

To trees and plants

Kangaroos and geese are their allies

Raiders are to be stopped 

Let's build the Great Fence!

Lucette C. Bailliet

Summer rain

Summer and rain don't go together

At least in my memory

Summers seem to be always sunny

And that I'm sure can't be. 

Summer storms I remember

Stuck in a tin shed for hours

Paralysed by fear of thunder

Hitting it's corrugated iron roof.

Lost day at the beach

Spent waiting by the window

Lashed by angry rain

In a Spanish hotel room.

 

Summer rain hoped for

And never coming in the drought

Despair feeling my heart

For the parched and desolate soil.

Miraculous Summer rain

Came from no where

Made the mountains sigh of relief

In the midst of a hellish bushfire.

Summer rains of my past

Marked with their stamps

Of fear, boredom, despair and relief

The passport of memories.

Lucette C. Bailliet

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By the river bank

For years now, everyday

From a toddler to a man

To the same spot he comes

To the same spot

The seedling became a tree

Both of them remember the day

When the flooding river took her away

Man and tree leaning together

Finding strength in shared sorrow

Hoping despite all she'll return

If not today, tomorrow surely

They'll be there waiting

To the same spot always.

Lucette C. Bailliet

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Carnival

Carnival, time to be free, Carnival

Carnival, time for pranks, Carnival

Carnival, time to dance, Carnival

Carnival, time to show off, Carnival

Carnival, time to parade, Carnival

Carnival, time for primeval urges, Carnival

Carnival, time for misrule, Carnival

Carnival, time for charivari , Carnival

Carnival, time for excess, Carnival

Carnival, time for unbridled sex, Carnival

Carnival, time for drinking, Carnival

Carnival, time for celebrating, Carnival

Carnival, time to undress, Carnival

Carnival, time to let it go, Carnival

Carnival, time to have fun, Carnival

Carnival, time to grab your mask, Carnival.

Lucette C. Bailliet

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Femme fatale

Feminism has for

Ever and ever

Maltreated,

Misunderstood

Eve

First femme fatale

Always found guilty

To tempt away

Adam, this innocent

Lamb from 

Eden.

Lucette C. Bailliet

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Laughter

Beware

It rises from thin air

Loud and free

Can't be controlled

It's contagious 

Found under any climate

Touches every age

There's no vaccine 

May be fatal 

It has be known

To infect individuals

As well as groups

At small doses

It's healthy and euphoric

It can be a good medicine

Laughter is addictive

So beware.

Lucette C. Bailliet

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Along the Snowy River

Along the estuary of the mighty Snowy river

The laughs of the children at play blast through

The evening ruckus of the crickets 

Never disturbing the slow flowing waters

Reflecting the baroque sublime hues of sunset.

The sweet cloying smell of the rainforest

Accompanies one's steps

Amidst the sweet cries of the blue fantails

And the crashing noise on the river bank

Of a disturbed goanna.

The river is there seemingly immutable 

Deceivingly shallow encumbered by moving sand banks

Slowing down the mighty current to some persistent ripples 

When in fact each drop is transient

Traveling from the spring to the ocean

I, in the time of my watching, 

Has already been the witness

Of billions of them rushing to their end.

Can I stop it ? 

Like them, I am taken in 

The flow of time

Unable to get out 

The end is near 

I can hear the thumping surf

We have to submit 

To the ultimate change 

Merge in the aqueous multitude 

Before total deliquescence takes over.

Lucette C. Bailliet

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Shelter in the storm

Wherever life takes me

In its rolling turmoils

Of highs and lows

I know where to find 

Shelter from the storm

You are my rock

My heart can rest

Peaceful and safe

In that warm place

As long as you endure

Lightning can't touch me

For I know the strength 

Of your love will protect me

Together we'll let the clouds

Rush beyond the horizon

Let me rest my head on your shoulder

And walk hand in hand

Under the clear sunny sky.

Lucette C. Bailliet

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